81-7-114. Certificate and record of sheriff. (1) The officer shall at the same time make out and deliver to the person a certificate addressed to the county clerk of his county and immediately deliver to the county clerk a duplicate of the certificate, showing the date, number, and kind of skins marked for severing and the name of the person presenting the skins. The certificate shall also recite that the filing of the affidavits of taxpayers previously required has been done and the examination has been made as required. The certificate shall be signed by the officer in his official capacity. When a doubt exists as to the kind of skin presented, whether wolf or coyote, the certificate shall be issued for the lesser bounty. Each sheriff shall keep a record of all skins marked and severed, showing the date, number, and kinds and the names of the persons presenting the skins. This record is an official record. The sheriff, undersheriff, or deputy sheriff may not perform any duties under 81-7-111 through 81-7-122 except at the county seat.
     (2) The sheriff shall, not later than the 15th of each month, give to the county clerk and recorder a report setting forth the names of the persons presenting skins, with the number of the certificate and the kind and number of the skins presented. The sheriff shall report for each certificate which he has issued during the month.

     History: En. Sec. 3, Ch. 109, L. 1925; re-en. Sec. 3417.6, R.C.M. 1935; amd. Sec. 152, Ch. 310, L. 1974; R.C.M. 1947, 46-1907(part).